Patience, Flexibility & Rolling with the Punches

Like I said, God is dealing with me. Apparently yesterday was one of those days that was just going to offer up a lot of chances for growth. That's my polite way of saying that all heck was going to break loose and nothing was going to go my way.

In actuality, nothing extremely bad happened. Just a string of unrelated events kept me from my daily entry, making today my ninth day but my eighth meditation. I guess one way of looking at is to say that God just wanted to let me know that it is ok to stray from my intended path at times.

Sometimes our best laid plans don't work out, for whatever reason. Maybe we were on the wrong path, maybe we need to learn to be patient or less rigid. We don't always know right then why something is happening.

I had good intentions to get some writing done yesterday. I am learning that good intentions don't always get you to your destinati0n though. If I had written it and posted it in the early hours of the morning, it would have happened.

But instead, life happened. The children were home from school and wanted to use the computer. So I let them. It was my anniversary and my husband had to work. So I was home alone with the children instead of spending the afternoon celebrating my marriage in the way I would have chosen, at a nice restaurant eating a hot meal instead of feeding the boys non-stop, or at least it seemed non-stop, while I snacked on whatever I could quickly grab.

So, my day was non-stop cleaning, cooking, mothering and just taking care of business at home. It was a busy day and it wasn't until sleep came that my subconscious took over and enlightened me some.

As a wife and a mother, is there any better way to honor and celebrate our marriage than by taking care of my family and my home? I rose early to make lunch for my husband before he left to go earn a living to support our family. Do you suppose that made just as much of an impression as the flowery card I gave him which will end up in a box or drawer somewhere?

I am pretty sure now that I know the day to day things we do have much more impact than a once a year event can have on our lives.

"A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living."
Charles R. Swindoll

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